Sweeping device.



No. 871,054. PATEN'I'ED NOV. 12, 1907.

R. M. BAKER.

SWBBPING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED D110. 28. 1906.

2 BH TB-SHEET 1.

WITIVQESSES: INVE/v TOR ATTORNEY PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907.

R. M. BAKER.

SWEEPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 28. 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UVI/E/VTOR flame M fiaker ATTORNEY passage, a .-fan located intermediate the length of said passage and having communication with the latter, end a dirt receptacle at the upper end of-said passage and coinlnmiicating-therewith.

4. A carpet sweeper comprising a casing, a lower inciined wall, an upper inclined wail spaced from said lower inclined wall a partition extending from the lower end of the upper wall to the casing top to form a brush compartment, the rear end of said upper wall being upturned, a second partition secured to said upper wall andsaid casing top at points between said upturned end and said first named partition to form a dirt compartment in conjunction with said upturned end, a brush in the brush compartment, and a fan communicating with the space between said inclined walls.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of t-wo witnesses.

PIERRE BARNES, OLOF OHLSON. 

